The Texas Tribune by Shawn Mulcahy May 26, 2021
Patrick made the call on Twitter, hours after bills related to social media content policies, lobbying by cities and mandating which school sports teams that transgender athletes can play on missed a deadline.Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday is asking Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session of the Texas Legislature in June to advance three pieces of GOP-backed legislation that died in the Texas House at midnight on Tuesday.
The bills sought to ban transgender students from playing on sports teams based on their gender identity, prohibit local governments from using taxpayer funds to pay for lobbyists and punish social media companies for "censoring" Texans based on their political viewpoints.
"The TxHouse killed these conservative bills that majority of Texans in both parties support," Patrick tweeted, without evidence. A Patrick spokesperson did not immediately respond to a question about evidence of such support.
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